Friday Five with Sam Valenti IV of Ghostly
Sam Valenti IV, founder of innovative platform Ghostly International, shares five of his favorite things.
Growing up in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, Sam Valenti IV developed an interest in techno music spun from the city’s Motown roots. Recognizing a lack of options for electronic musicians, he launched Ghostly International in his dorm room in 1999 while studying at the University of Michigan. It began as a “genre-less” record label with musician Matthew Dear and over the years it’s grown into an innovative platform for not only music but art, clothing, and design objects that come about through collaborations with various artists and brands, some of which you can see here. In this week’s Friday Five, Valenti delves into five of his favorite things.
1. My technics 1200 turntables
A standard that will never be beat. I learned to DJ on ?belt drive? decks, which are super fragile and wobbly but once I upgraded to these tanks you can never go back. I see them as beautiful objects but mainly as tools. We listen to records in the office most mornings and when I have time, I record live mixes on them. They are the first thing unpacked whenever I move to a new space.
2. Books
Apart from records I love books and the act of going to used bookstores when I travel. You never know what you?ll find or who you?ll meet. I studied Art History and felt a communion with the library and the way that the story of images was the story of humans,...
Growing up in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, Sam Valenti IV developed an interest in techno music spun from the city’s Motown roots. Recognizing a lack of options for electronic musicians, he launched Ghostly International in his dorm room in 1999 while studying at the University of Michigan. It began as a “genre-less” record label with musician Matthew Dear and over the years it’s grown into an innovative platform for not only music but art, clothing, and design objects that come about through collaborations with various artists and brands, some of which you can see here. In this week’s Friday Five, Valenti delves into five of his favorite things.
1. My technics 1200 turntables
A standard that will never be beat. I learned to DJ on ?belt drive? decks, which are super fragile and wobbly but once I upgraded to these tanks you can never go back. I see them as beautiful objects but mainly as tools. We listen to records in the office most mornings and when I have time, I record live mixes on them. They are the first thing unpacked whenever I move to a new space.
2. Books
Apart from records I love books and the act of going to used bookstores when I travel. You never know what you?ll find or who you?ll meet. I studied Art History and felt a communion with the library and the way that the story of images was the story of humans,...
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